Q: When I went to the bathroom I felt a splash of water or urine on my hand, I don't remember now. I didn't see it that time. I thought I will wash there but when I stood up, my sleeves fell down and I don't know where it was.
My question is, is my sleeve napaak in both cases if it was impure water or if it was urine or if I don't remember what it was?
Q: I have short term memory problem when I am praying salah. Sometimes I don't know how many rakat (rakah) I did, what shall I do then? I always don't know how many sajdah I did. If I did 1 or 2 sajdahs I don't remember. If I do more than 2 sajdah or do less than 2 sajdah would my salah be valid? I don't know if the cause of my problem is shaytaan. If I don't know how many rakaats and sajdah I did, what can I do? If I don't know, can I just do 1 more rakat or 1 more sajdah?
Q: In Kitaab al-Asl of Imaam Muhammad it states that according to Abu Hanifa the imaam should not say "Rabbanaa lakal hamd". But in the same book Imaam Muhammad ask Abu Hanifa whether the Imaam should recite basmalah, amin and Allaahumma rabbanaa lakal hamd silenty and Abu Hanifa says yes. Why this contradiction?
Q: What can a woman can recite during her periods? Can she recite qurani duas? Can she recite duas of prophet ( Sal-Allah ho Ali hay wasalam)? Can I recite la ill aha illa unta subhanaka innii kuntu minuzalemeen during periods? Is there any special permission required to do this dua as I recite it often without wadu (when I'm not in periods) and many times a day without counting. What can we recite when a girls head isn't covered?
Q: A friend of mine during her pregnancy used to watch wrong films. She also had a habit of masturbation. Now she has a 3 month old son and she is worried that her son will become bad when he grows up. She now is a good Muslim. She want that you tell her any waifza that she can blow on her son for good and pious future. Give her some wazifa for her forgiveness.
Q: I would like to know if it would be Jaiz-correct to use interest-Riba money to pay for eTolls in Guateng.
The points to consider are the following :
1) There are no new roads that were built. These were all existing roads that have been improved by SANRAL.
2) The roads improvement were also done as part of the infrastructure improvement deal for the 2010 world-cup.
3) The alternative routes are not in a good condition and in most cases are not even suitable to be used as alternative routes to and fro from travel destinations.
4) The government already imposes high taxes and specific road taxes via the road levy that are paid via the price of fuel.
5) The consumer-citizen was not correctly consulted by the state to impose such fees on roads (via vote or poll) and the legislation was pushed through very aggressively by the ruling party and those that benefit financially from the eToll income.
6) The majority of the income from eToll leaves the country and is paid to a company in Europe.
7) The improvement of the roads has benefited movement of traffic in some areas, and eased congestion at some peak times.
8) The roads are more safe to drive on and are better lit up in certain areas at night.
As this is a current hot debate in our area, your URGENT attention and response thereof would be most highly appreciated.
Q: My question is on the hadith that says about the raising of ones children better then how ones parents raised you. Can I please have the reference of the hadith and perhaps some in debt explanation on it?
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Q: In the present times we find a lot of people over enthusiastic in matters of religion which of course is not wrong. However they begin to believe that having learnt word to word translation of the Quran and having read the literal translation of some Hadiths they have understood the real true meanings of the sacred texts. So much so they start indulging in debates and arguments in religious matters and begin to believe, based on their self acquired knowledge, that only they are in the right path and everyone else is wrong.
My question is:
1. Is self acquired knowledge through reading books alone the correct method?
2. Can One really understand the real meanings of ayats of Quran and the meanings of Hadiths by just reading the English translations?
3. What is the correct method of acquiring religious knowledge.
I have heard a saying "Books teach Words. Men train Men".
Q: What is the meaning of istihalah when something najis becomes pure? Like gelatin from pork?